An appeals court has set aside a $160,000 judgment against Sydney law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell, overturning a finding that a founding partner engaged in a “campaign of denigration” against a former general manager.
Super Retail Group can bring an appeal in its fight to suppress parts of a settlement two executives allege they reached after they were fired.
Super Retail has lost its bid to restrain Harmers Workplace Lawyers from acting for two former executives, despite a judge finding the firm had a conflict of interest.
Super Retail says two former executives were fired because of an alleged defamatory media release published by their solicitors, who should be disqualified from the case.
Super Retail Group has sought production of communications between two former executives and their solicitors ahead of a fight to disqualify the lawyers from acting in the employment dispute.
Super Retail faces a second Federal Court case by a former senior female executive, after conciliation proceedings in the Fair Work Commission failed to resolve the complaint.
Super Retail’s appeal of a decision refusing to suppress the terms of an alleged settlement with its former top lawyer raises important questions about without prejudice negotiations, a court has heard.
A judge has railed against late submissions in a lawsuit by Super Retail Group’s former chief legal officer, calling the tardiness “inconceivable” after he “bent over backwards” to expedite the proceedings in an effort to curb costs.
Publishing reasons for refusing an application by Super Retail Group to redact parts of its former chief legal officer’s case, a judge has called out the practice of “extensive” suppression applications despite the exhortations of courts that justice must be open.
Super Retail Group’s former chief legal officer Rebecca Farrell says the company damaged her professional standing as a senior solicitor and exposed her to the risk of regulatory investigation and enforcement action.